Simple string question

I want to compare two strings, suppose that:
first string = "-Hello"
second string = " -Hello"
I want that both return same result.
A lot of thanks!

i would filter out all whitespaces first and the use the string.compare() function.
write a open methode that allows you to filer out any char in any string and returns the filtered string. you can do so by building a while (indexOf(char)) loop and cutting out the unwanted chars with the subString() command.

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Very simple Strings Question

Hi All:
I am stuck with a small situation, I would appreciate if someone can help me with that. I have 2 strings:
String 1 - "abc"
String 2 - "I want to check if abc is in the middle"
How can I check if the string 1 "abc" is in the middle of the string 2. I mean the String 2 does not start with "abc" and it does not end with "abc", I want to check if it is somewhere between the string.
Thanks,
Kunal

int i = s2.indexOf(s1);
if((i > 0) && ((i + s1.length()) < s2.length())) {
   // somewhere in the middle
} else if(i == 0) {
   // start
} else if((i + s1.length()) == s2.length()) {
   // end
} else if(i == -1) {
   // nowhere
}

Simple query question

hi all,
I have a XMLType table with one column - I have presently one row, in my column xmlsitedata I have stored one large xml file.The schema definition is given below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
- <xs:element name="siteList">
- <xs:complexType>
- <xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="site" type="siteType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
- <xs:complexType name="siteType">
- <xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="nameEn" type="xs:string" />
<xs:element name="nameFr" type="xs:string" />
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I have executed the query below:
select x.XMLSITEDATA.extract('/siteList/site/nameEn/text()').getCLOBVal() "stName" from wsitelist x;
and I get all english names of some 200 locations, however, there is 1 row selected and all names show up on one row. How do I split them into 200 or whatever rows?
Thanks,
Kowalsky

Have a look at the answer provided in the following thread.
very simple XML question
This may solve your problem.
use xmlsequence.
Alvinder

Simple/silly question: how do I set/change default font/color for outgoing mail messages?

Simple/silly question: how do I set/change default font/color for outgoing mail messages?

Just a suggestion..........
Download Thunderbird. Easier to use when it comes to what you want to do w/your emails.

4 Simple Flash Questions that Are Stumping Me!

What is the Frame Rate for Web Animations
Q1. I am making an animation which will be played on the web. What is the default frame rate (fps) of Flash CS5? And what is the frame rate of for web?
Q2. My animation needs to be 30 seconds long. So at 15 fps that would mean I need to use 600 frames in Flash?
How Do I Mask everything so all I see is the Content on the Stage?
I have a wide image that extends past my movies stage size so when I preview my movie the image is visible. How do I mask out anything that extends past my movies window size? I believe I can create a layer named "mask" and place it above all other layers, but I forget how to make the mask. Any help is appreciated.
How to Fade a Graphic
I have a graphic element (some type) and I want it to fade from 0% to 100%. In older versions of Flash I could just select the symbol and then set it's alpha value to 0%, move a few keyframes and then set the alpha to 100%. Voila! but now it doesn't seem to work that way. How can I do this in CS5?

Ned, it says 24 fps which means there is 24 frames per second so each 24 frames is 1 second.
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 05:35:16 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: 4 Simple Flash Questions that Are Stumping Me!
    Re: 4 Simple Flash Questions that Are Stumping Me!
    created by Ned Murphy in Flash Pro - General - View the full discussion
1 You can create your character as a movieclip and copy/paste that movieclip from one file to another. 2. One way to create a movieclip is to copy all the frame of the animation's timeline (select them all, right click the selection, choose Copy Frames), then create a new movieclip symbol (Insert -> New Symbol...etc) right click on its only keyframe and chhose Paste Frames. THat will put all the layers and frames you copied into the movieclip The only way to come close to being certain about the timing of you animation is to use code to keep track of the time, something like getTimer().. The frame rate that a file plays at is not a reliable means of dictating the time it takes due to a variety of factors which include the amount of content you are trying to process and performance limits of the user's machine.
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Simple performance question

Simple performance question. the simplest way possible, assume
I have a int[][][][][] matrix, and a boolean add. The array is several dimensions long.
When add is true, I must add a constant value to each element in the array.
When add is false, I must subtract a constant value to each element in the array.
Assume this is very hot code, i.e. it is called very often. How expensive is the condition checking? I present the two scenarios.
private void process(){
for (int i=0;i<dimension1;i++)
for (int ii=0;ii<dimension1;ii++)
for (int iii=0;iii<dimension1;iii++)
    for (int iiii=0;iiii<dimension1;iiii++)
         if (add)
         matrix[i][ii][iii][...] += constant;
         else
         matrix[i][ii][iii][...] -= constant;
private void process(){
if (add)
for (int i=0;i<dimension1;i++)
for (int ii=0;ii<dimension1;ii++)
for (int iii=0;iii<dimension1;iii++)
    for (int iiii=0;iiii<dimension1;iiii++)
         matrix[i][ii][iii][...] += constant;
else
for (int i=0;i<dimension1;i++)
for (int ii=0;ii<dimension1;ii++)
for (int iii=0;iii<dimension1;iii++)
    for (int iiii=0;iiii<dimension1;iiii++)
       matrix[i][ii][iii][...] -= constant;
}Is the second scenario worth a significant performance boost? Without understanding how the compilers generates executable code, it seems that in the first case, n^d conditions are checked, whereas in the second, only 1. It is however, less elegant, but I am willing to do it for a significant improvement.

erjoalgo wrote:
I guess my real question is, will the compiler optimize the condition check out when it realizes the boolean value will not change through these iterations, and if it does not, is it worth doing that micro optimization?Almost certainly not; the main reason being that
matrix[i][ii][iii][...] +/-= constantis liable to take many times longer than the condition check, and you can't avoid it. That said, Mel's suggestion is probably the best.
but I will follow amickr advice and not worry about it.Good idea. Saves you getting flamed with all the quotes about premature optimization.
Winston

A few simple Logic questions...please help.

I have a few probably simple Logic questions, that are nonetheless frustrating me, wondering if someone could help me out.
1. I run Logic 8, all of the sounds that came with logic seem to work except organ sounds. I can't trigger any organ sounds (MIDI) on Logic, they won't play. I have a Yamaha Motif as my midi controller.
Any idea why?
2. I've starting running into a situation where I will record a MIDI track, the notes are recorded but they won't playback. The only track effected is the one that was just recorded. All other midi tracks playback.
I have to cut the track, usually go out of Logic and back in, re record for it to playback properly. Any idea why this may be happening?
3. How important is it to update to Logic 9. Are there any disadvantages down the road if I don't upgrade. If I purchase the $200 upgrade, do I get a package of discs and material, or it just a web download.
Any help is appreciated!
Colin

seeren wrote:
Data Stream Studio wrote:
3) You get a full set of disks and manuals.
They're including manuals now?
I think his referring to the booklets ...on how to install etc
It would be great to see printed manuals though ...I love books especially Logic/Audio related !!
A

Simple Quick Question

wrong section, post was moved.
Message was edited by:
Rob17

you titled "simple quick question"...
.. complicated to answer..
a) the TermsOfUse of the iTS don't allow any processing of purchased files, these are "copy protected"..
b) iM has a voice-over function..
c) iM is a video-edit app.. easy to use... just learn to handle it...
d) iM allows to "extract" audio (=muting the original audio, adding your own..)
e) to learn iM, spend some time here: http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/imovie/index.html
f) use pencil and paper first! WRITE and scribble, what shall happen when in your movie/parody... make a script, draw a storyboard .. THEN launch iM.. in other words: think first, then edit.. iM is just a tool, it does not "create"... Picasso needed a papertowel and half a stencil to create art....
g) to get comfortable with iM, start with your own, small, short (3min!) project... import some stills, edit them, add a funny voice-over, add sounds, add music... good? make a bigger one...
h) .. in our Lecture II, we teach you how to import shows from TV, youtube, wherever..
standard disclaimer:
be nice to ©opyrights ...

Simple String Compression Functions

Hi all !
I need two simple String compression functions, like
String compress(String what)
and
String decompress(String what)
myString.equals(decompress(compress(myString)))
should result in true.
Primarily I want to encode some plain text Strings so they are not too easy to read, and compression would be a nice feature here.
I already tried the util.zip package, but that one seems to need streams, I simply need Strings.
Any ideas ??
thx
Skippy

It does not do any compression, in fact it does
expansion to better encrypt the string (about 50%).How does that work? You want encryption to
decrease entropy.Why in the world do you say that, pjt33? What a very odd statement indeed. I sure hope you don't work in security, or I do hope you work in security if I'm a bad guy, or a competitor.
Let's say you had a 6-character string you wanted to encrypt.
Well, if you didn't increase the entropy, any 6-character plaintext string would have a 6-character encoded equivalent. And if you decreased entropy (e.g. coding the most commonly used words to shorter strings,) it gets even easier to decrypt.
Presumably there would be no hash collisions, after all, you want this to be reversible.
Hash collisions decrease entropy too, and, by doing so, make it easier to find a plaintext string that happens to hash to a certain value. This is a Bad Thing.
Now, to decode this, the Bad Guy only has to consider the set of 6-character strings and their hash values. You could even precalculate all of the common dictionary words, and everything with common letters and punctuation, making decryption virtually instantaneous. Especially if you had decreased the entropy in the signal, making fewer things I had to try.
But somebody who increased the entropy of their signal by adding random bits and increasing the encrypted size of the message to, say, 64 characters, would make it a lot harder to decrypt.
The ideal encryption system is pure noise; pure randomized entropy. An indecipherable wall of 0 and 1 seemingly generated at random. Statistical methods can't be used against it; nothing can be deciphered from it; it's as decipherable and meaningless as radio hiss. Now that's encryption!

Simple Java Question - How to test if a given string is numeric or not

Hi Experts,
I have written one Java program. It fetches user ID from UME. The code is as below:
Iterator itr = role.getUserMembers(true);
while (itr.hasNext()) {
String uniqId = (String) itr.next();
IUser thisUser = myUserFactory.getUser(uniqId);
wdComponentAPI.getMessageManager().reportSuccess("here "+thisUser.getUid() );
Used ID is thisUser.getUid() . I have to find out all user IDs which are numeric.
Do we have any standard Java program (API) to find out whether thisUser.getUid() is numeric or not.
Regards,
Gary

Hi
Just try to parse this string to integer or long number and catch the NumberFormatException.
Somthing like:
try
Integer.parseInt(userIdString);
catch(NumberFormatException e)
//do sume thing when user id is not number
good luck

Simple string optimization question

ABAPpers,
Here is the problem description:
In a SELECT query loop, I need to build a string by concatenating all the column values for the current row. Each column is represented as a length-value pair. For example, let's say the current values are:
Column1 (type string) : 'abc          '
Column2 (type integer) : 7792
Column3 (type string) : 'def                    '
The resulting string must be of the form:
0003abc000477920003def...
The length is always represented by a four character value, followed by the actual value.
Note that the input columns may be of mixed types - numeric, string, date-time, etc.
Given that data is of mixed type and that the length of each string-type value is not known in advance, can someone suggest a good algorithm to build such a result? Or, is there any built-in function that already does something similar?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Pradeep

Hi,
At the bottom of this message, I have posted a program that I currently wrote. Essentially, as I know the size of each "string" type column, I use a specific function to built the string. For any non-string type column, I assume that the length can never exceed 25 characters. As I fill 255 characters in the output buffer, I have to write the output buffer to screen.
The reason I have so many functions for each string type is that I wanted to optimize concatenate operation. Had I used just one function with the large buffer, then "concatenate" statement takes additional time to fill the remaining part of the buffer with spaces.
As my experience in ABAP programming is limited to just a couple of days, I'd appreciate it if someone can suggest me a better way to deal with my problem.
Thank you in advanced for all your help. Sorry about posting such a large piece of code. I just wanted to show you the complexity that I have created for myself :-(.
Pradeep
REPORT ZMYREPORTTEST no standard page heading line-size 255.
TABLES: GLPCA.
data: GLPCAGL_SIRID like GLPCA-GL_SIRID.
data: GLPCARLDNR like GLPCA-RLDNR.
data: GLPCARRCTY like GLPCA-RRCTY.
data: GLPCARVERS like GLPCA-RVERS.
data: GLPCARYEAR like GLPCA-RYEAR.
data: GLPCAPOPER like GLPCA-POPER.
data: GLPCARBUKRS like GLPCA-RBUKRS.
data: GLPCARPRCTR like GLPCA-RPRCTR.
data: GLPCAKOKRS like GLPCA-KOKRS.
data: GLPCARACCT like GLPCA-RACCT.
data: GLPCAKSL like GLPCA-KSL.
data: GLPCACPUDT like GLPCA-CPUDT.
data: GLPCACPUTM like GLPCA-CPUTM.
data: GLPCAUSNAM like GLPCA-USNAM.
data: GLPCABUDAT like GLPCA-BUDAT.
data: GLPCAREFDOCNR like GLPCA-REFDOCNR.
data: GLPCAAWORG like GLPCA-AWORG.
data: GLPCAKOSTL like GLPCA-KOSTL.
data: GLPCAMATNR like GLPCA-MATNR.
data: GLPCALIFNR like GLPCA-LIFNR.
data: GLPCASGTXT like GLPCA-SGTXT.
data: GLPCAAUFNR like GLPCA-AUFNR.
data: data(255).
data: currentPos type i.
data: lineLen type i value 255.
data len(4).
data startIndex type i.
data charsToBeWritten type i.
data remainingRow type i.
SELECT GL_SIRID
RLDNR
RRCTY
RVERS
RYEAR
POPER
RBUKRS
RPRCTR
KOKRS
RACCT
KSL
CPUDT
CPUTM
USNAM
BUDAT
REFDOCNR
AWORG
KOSTL
MATNR
LIFNR
SGTXT
AUFNR into (GLPCAGL_SIRID,
GLPCARLDNR,
GLPCARRCTY,
GLPCARVERS,
GLPCARYEAR,
GLPCAPOPER,
GLPCARBUKRS,
GLPCARPRCTR,
GLPCAKOKRS,
GLPCARACCT,
GLPCAKSL,
GLPCACPUDT,
GLPCACPUTM,
GLPCAUSNAM,
GLPCABUDAT,
GLPCAREFDOCNR,
GLPCAAWORG,
GLPCAKOSTL,
GLPCAMATNR,
GLPCALIFNR,
GLPCASGTXT,
GLPCAAUFNR) FROM GLPCA
perform BuildFullColumnString18 using GLPCAGL_SIRID.
perform BuildFullColumnString2 using GLPCARLDNR.
perform BuildFullColumnString1 using GLPCARRCTY.
perform BuildFullColumnString3 using GLPCARVERS.
perform BuildFullColumnString4 using GLPCARYEAR.
perform BuildFullColumnString3 using GLPCAPOPER.
perform BuildFullColumnString4 using GLPCARBUKRS.
perform BuildFullColumnString10 using GLPCARPRCTR.
perform BuildFullColumnString4 using GLPCAKOKRS.
perform BuildFullColumnString10 using GLPCARACCT.
perform BuildFullColumnNonString using GLPCAKSL.
perform BuildFullColumnNonString using GLPCACPUDT.
perform BuildFullColumnNonString using GLPCACPUTM.
perform BuildFullColumnString12 using GLPCAUSNAM.
perform BuildFullColumnNonString using GLPCABUDAT.
perform BuildFullColumnString10 using GLPCAREFDOCNR.
perform BuildFullColumnString10 using GLPCAAWORG.
perform BuildFullColumnString10 using GLPCAKOSTL.
perform BuildFullColumnString18 using GLPCAMATNR.
perform BuildFullColumnString10 using GLPCALIFNR.
perform BuildFullColumnString50 using GLPCASGTXT.
perform BuildFullColumnString12 using GLPCAAUFNR.
ENDSELECT.
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move '' to datacurrentPos.
write: / data.
else.
write: / '+'.
endif.
data fullColumn25(29).
data fullColumn1(5).
Form BuildFullColumnString1 using value(currentCol).
len = STRLEN( currentCol ).
concatenate len currentCol into fullColumn1.
data startIndex type i.
data charsToBeWritten type i.
charsToBeWritten = STRLEN( fullColumn1 ).
data remainingRow type i.
do.
    remainingRow = lineLen - currentPos.
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      move fullColumn1+startIndex(charsToBeWritten) to
        data+currentPos(charsToBeWritten).
      currentPos = currentPos + charsToBeWritten.
      exit.
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    if remainingRow EQ charsToBeWritten.
      move fullColumn1+startIndex(charsToBeWritten) to
        data+currentPos(charsToBeWritten).
      write: / data.
      currentPos = 0.
      exit.
    endif.
    move fullColumn1+startIndex(remainingRow) to
        data+currentPos(remainingRow).
    write: / data.
    startIndex = startIndex + remainingRow.
    charsToBeWritten = charsToBeWritten - remainingRow.
    currentPos = 0.
enddo.
EndForm.
data fullColumn2(6).
Form BuildFullColumnString2 using value(currentCol).
len = STRLEN( currentCol ).
concatenate len currentCol into fullColumn2.
data startIndex type i.
data charsToBeWritten type i.
charsToBeWritten = STRLEN( fullColumn2 ).
data remainingRow type i.
do.
    remainingRow = lineLen - currentPos.
    if remainingRow > charsToBeWritten.
      move fullColumn2+startIndex(charsToBeWritten) to
        data+currentPos(charsToBeWritten).
      currentPos = currentPos + charsToBeWritten.
      exit.
    endif.
    if remainingRow EQ charsToBeWritten.
      move fullColumn2+startIndex(charsToBeWritten) to
        data+currentPos(charsToBeWritten).
      write: / data.
      currentPos = 0.
      exit.
    endif.
    move fullColumn2+startIndex(remainingRow) to
        data+currentPos(remainingRow).
    write: / data.
    startIndex = startIndex + remainingRow.
    charsToBeWritten = charsToBeWritten - remainingRow.
    currentPos = 0.
enddo.
EndForm.
data fullColumn3(7).
Form BuildFullColumnString3 using value(currentCol).
EndForm.
data fullColumn4(8).
Form BuildFullColumnString4 using value(currentCol).
EndForm.
data fullColumn50(54).
Form BuildFullColumnString50 using value(currentCol).
EndForm.
Form BuildFullColumnNonString using value(currentCol).
move currentCol to fullColumn25.
condense fullColumn25.
len = STRLEN( fullColumn25 ).
concatenate len fullColumn25 into fullColumn25.
data startIndex type i.
data charsToBeWritten type i.
charsToBeWritten = STRLEN( fullColumn25 ).
data remainingRow type i.
do.
    remainingRow = lineLen - currentPos.
    if remainingRow > charsToBeWritten.
      move fullColumn25+startIndex(charsToBeWritten) to
        data+currentPos(charsToBeWritten).
      currentPos = currentPos + charsToBeWritten.
      exit.
    endif.
    if remainingRow EQ charsToBeWritten.
      move fullColumn25+startIndex(charsToBeWritten) to
        data+currentPos(charsToBeWritten).
      write: / data.
      currentPos = 0.
      exit.
    endif.
    move fullColumn25+startIndex(remainingRow) to
        data+currentPos(remainingRow).
    write: / data.
    startIndex = startIndex + remainingRow.
    charsToBeWritten = charsToBeWritten - remainingRow.
    currentPos = 0.
enddo.
EndForm.

Simple coding question: Adding variable to a string

I can't figure out what the syntax is for this in Actionscript. Basically, I have a variable I want to add into a string that will call a certain frame based on user's language selection. So...
var currentPage:int; <<this updates dynamically when nextPage, previousPage, etc are called
if (currentLanguage == "English") {
myMovie.gotoAndStop ("English%n", currentPage);
else if (currentLanguage == "Spanish") {
myMovie.gotoAndStop ("Spanish%n", currentPage);
Then each frame of myMovie will be named "English1" "Spanish1" "English2" "Spanish2" etc to correlate with page numbers.
Is this possible in Actionscript 3.0?
Thanks!

sure. you can use a variable in place of the frame label and/or the scene name. from your code, you're using a variable in place of the scene name. that should work (if you're using scenes).
if you want to go to frame label english1, when currentPage is 1, you should use:
myMovie.gotoAndStop("english"+currentPage,possiblescenenamehere);
and because i don't think you're using scenes, just use:
myMovie.gotoAndStop("english"+currentPage);
or, even easier:
var currentPage:int; // defined somewhere;
var language:String; // defined somewhere;
myMovie.gotoAndStop(language+currentPage);

2 simple newbie questions!

hi, I have some simple questions. I already searched on the web for some answers but I couldnt find any :(
1. Is there any way to make a class execute another class's method every x minutes (say 5)? like an external signal that every 5 minutes executes "regelsysteem.genereerOverzicht()"
2. i would like to retrieve the system's current time and date (in string format), how could i do this?
thanks :)

1. See Timer in the API Docs.
2. See Date, Calendar, and DateFormat ditto.

Simple JSP question (newbie)

Hi all,
firstly I hope this is the right place to post this question, if not, please accept my apologies,
I am putting together my first set of JSP pages with Tomcat, and so far everything is going very well, but I am having one small problem.
I have 1 JSP page at the moment, and that in turn uses 1 JavaBean thing bit of code to do something.
The problem I am having is passing an integer variable from my JSP page to my JavaBean page, I can't seem to find the right syntax for it. The following code (from the JSP page) will make this ten times clearer...
<%! int score; %>
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<%
scoreAsString = request.getParameter("score");
score = Integer.valueOf(scoreAsString).intValue();
out.println("Your score of " +score +"was received, thanks very much!");
%>
<jsp:useBean id="converter" class="scoreApp.SaveScoreBean"/>
<jsp:setProperty name="converter" property="scoreToSave" value="${score}" /> As you might see, the problem comes in that last line of code - I want to pass the "score" integer I've received off to the bean, but I don't know the syntax for this. I've tried "value=score", "value="score"", "value="$score"", "value="${score}"" etc. but to no avail.
You can see this is a super-simple problem :)
... but my if it isn't becoming frustrating :)
Any help at all will be most welcome, and gratefully received.
Many thanks,
Peter

technologyMan wrote:
I am learning jsp now. You´re actually at the JSF forum here.
Now, i am a textfield control on jsp as textField1. You are? Really?
I have created this control from Palette. in java code i am writing "textbox1." but there is no action, no intellisense while pressing ctrl + space.
How the control is accessing from java code? Maybe my logic with visual studio .net. but i want to learn jsp logic.Uh, just write code accordingly? You can use h:commandButton/h:commandLink for that.
Anyway, if you want to start with JSF, I can recommend you the following sources:
Java EE tutorial part II, JSF starts at chapter 10: [http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/doc/]
Good kickoff tutorial: [http://balusc.blogspot.com/2008/01/jsf-tutorial-with-eclipse-and-tomcat.html]
The JSF taglib documentation: [http://java.sun.com/javaee/javaserverfaces/1.2/docs/tlddocs/]
The JSF API documentation: [http://java.sun.com/javaee/javaserverfaces/1.2/docs/api/overview-summary.html]

Simple rectangle question

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